Site updated 1/25/11
Hobb's Farm - South Acton Swamp photo by Jean Noon
MISSION STATEMENT:
"To preserve and protect forever such valued natural resources as lakes, rivers, streams, wetlands, agricultural lands, woodlands, historic sites, scenic places and wildlife habitat, in the inland municipalities of York County, Maine." (Acton, Alfred, Lebanon, Sanford/Springvale, Shapleigh)
501c(3) status with the IRS: ID# 01-0539771 DLN: 17053024059011
Three Rivers Land Trust is a member supported organization dedicated to helping landowners preserve and protect their properties primarily through easements. e-mail us with questions or for membership and /or donation information. We are also eager for volunteers to join us in our work. info@3rlt.org
Hunters Please Note: Most of our easements (land protected by 3RLT) are on private land where hunting is by permission only.
3RLT ANNOUNCEMENTS:
See us in Open Space Institute's year-end review of "Saving New England's Wildlife" grants. Scroll down for piece on Walnut Hill!: http://www.osiny.org/site/PageServer?pagename=NewEngland_Grants_Projects
The 2012 Winter Horizons is available: click on title or go to Newsletters page.
Our 2012 membership drive is underway! Please join or renew!
Annual Meeting February 8, 2012(snow date 2/22) 6:00 Downstairs at the Springvale Library - Free and open to members and the public --Whoot Whoot for Owls!
- The program will be on NATIVE OWLS presented by the York Center for Wildlife.
According to the Chinese calendar, 2012 is the year of the Dragon, but it might also be know as the year of the Owl. Though Dragons are the stuff of myths & legends, so too are Owls. Ancient Greeks viewed the them as a symbol of wisdom & good fortune while the Romans associated Owls with impending disaster, so much so that simply hearing the hoot of an Owl meant impending death. Whatever the belief, Owls have facinated us all throughout history.
If you asked someone to name the species of Owls found in ME they would likely name the common 3 - Barred, Great-horned & Screech but really there are 10 species of Owls known to make their home in Maine. The ME Owl Monitoring Project, headed by Dave Potter from Unity College, is entering it's 12th year of surveying the state for Owls. http://www.owlpages.com/owls.php?location=USA
This is your chance to learn about where they live, what they eat, how they hunt & get to see live owls up close. The live Owls will be visiting us from their home, the Center for Wildlife, a rehabilitation & education facility, located in York, ME. This presentation is sure to engage kids & adults alike.
Following the presentation, members will have a short business meeting to hold elections and vote on some changes in the by-laws,(see by-laws page) this will be followed by refreshments.
On March 23, folks will have the opportunity to learn more about the ME Owl Monitoring Project. We will meet at the Anderson Learning Center, Bradeen St. Springvale - Lower Level classroom at 7:30pm. Come learn about survey techniques & learn the calls & sounds we listen for to identify owl species. After a short presentation we will be heading out into the woods of Shapleigh to try to calll a few Owls.
"FOREST WORKS!" - York County Working Forest Protection Project- Has been started! We have hired Mike Gaito, Senior Data and Analytic Consultant for The Spencer Group, to work on our membership and outreach, and Lee Burnett will be working as our Working Forest Outreach Professional. Welcome to both!
Forests under easements with 3RLT can be harvested using sustainable best management practices.
October 8,2011 Roger Monthey visited Pat and Bill Hutchins farm for a wonderful 3RLT mushroom walk. His and Bill's expertise were much appreciated. Here he holds a new unidentified sample. The group found close to 50 different mushrooms and fungi.TRAILS MAPS: "Quiet Places, Hiking and Water Trails of Western York County" ARE AVAILABLE!!! They may be purchased for $3.95 at: Crum's Cycles; Springvale Hardware; Shaw's Hardware; Sanford Springvale Chamber of Commerce; Fall's Agway; Norman Hardware; J & S Grocery & Deli; Springvale Nurseries; Springvale Library; Jeff Daigle Dentist Office; Acton Trading Post;Goodall Library; Giles Family Farm, Alfred; Conant Reality, Alfred; Shapleigh Corner Store; Boonies; Oak Hill Alpacas; Emery Mills Market; Laudholm Farm;Stone Soup Artisans, 228 Main St. Saco; Coastal Maine Kayak, 8 Western Ave. Lower Village, Kennebunk and One Earth Natural Foods, Shapleigh. Please Contact us if you are interested in carrying them in your store or find a store that has run out.
324-3733